'Kick it' for Planned Parenthood

ARCATA -- The Six Rivers Planned Parenthood Advocates for Choice are challenging the community to a game of kickball at "Can I Kick It?" Sept. 16 from noon to 6 p.m. at the Arcata Community Center. Supporters can play kickball and support reproductive health care and education on the North Coast at the same time.

To join the fun, gather seven to eight friends to form a kickball team and sign up online at www.srpp.org. Then, go out into the community and get donations to support Six Rivers Planned Parenthood. Prizes will be awarded to the teams who raise the most money. Come up with a theme for your team and come in costume to the Arcata Community Center on game day to get down and play some kickball.

Six Rivers Planned Parenthood is a local nonprofit that has been providing reproductive health care and sexuality education in Humboldt, Trinity and Del Norte counties since 1975.

More than 90 percent of its services are preventative, including cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, contraception and health education. Six Rivers Planned Parenthood's doors are open to everyone regardless of personal circumstances or ability to pay.

Funds raised at "Can I Kick It?" will go toward providing lifesaving health services for more than 9,000 patients and sexual health education for 4,200 teens and their parents each year. For more information about team registration and getting started, visit www.srpp.org, follow Six Rivers Planned Parenthood on Facebook or call 442-2961.